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For thousands of years the Hindu Astrologers have by their knowledge of the solar system been enabled to formulate a system of Astrology which enables them to speak with scientific authority and certainty with respect to the planetary influences upon mankind.<br><br>Each person is born in or under one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac and is thus influenced more or less throughout life by the planetary conditions at time of birth.<br><br>In this work I propose to state the natural tendencies of each person and in a certain way indicate what they should do and what they should not do to make their life a success.

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Astrology for AllTo Which Is Added a Complete System of Predictive Astrology for Advanced Students

by Alan Leo

Many attempts have been made to bring the study of Astrology within the reach of all persons endowed with an active mind; but, owing to the magnitude of the subject, and the great amount of time and labour required to reduce a metaphysical science into terms of natural philosophy, the object has hitherto been only partly achieved. In the present work a final attempt is made by the author to reach the multitude of earnest and thinking searchers after truth; whose numbers are steadily increasing, and especially those who wish to have some practical demonstration of the widespread belief that a wise Ruler is behind all manifestation of life, guiding and influencing humanity towards a perfect ending - the Millennium - in which perfection is the goal.<br><br>The day is past for writing a defence of Astrology, and no amount of argument will ever convince the sceptic, who is either too perverse or too indolent to investigate so grand a science as Astrology, a science which explains the law that governs all things. The best test that can be applied to this, as to all other subjects where first hand knowledge is required, is that of experience.<br><br>Reason, thought, and experience are the basis upon which the system adopted in this work is built. The ripened fruit of many years toil and practice are offered to those who are sufficiently thirsty for the knowledge that Astrology brings to mankind, and the main abject of the present publication is that of satisfying a demand made by the growing students of Astrology for more light.<br><br>Astrology is the oldest of all sciences. Its history can be traced so far into the past that it becomes a hopeless task to actually discover when and where it had its origin. From Babylonia and the Chaldeans we find a belief in Astrology spreading throughout the whole world. Once the religion of a great and mighty race, it taught its people wisely, lifting their aspirations by faith, hope and reverence through the media of the planetary spirits to the supreme One and Universal Spirit, the Logos of the solar system.<br><br>Since the days of happy Chaldea, whose wise priests by the expansion of their consciousness could reach the shining ones, the star of Astrology appears to have waned, and for the multitude to have entirely disappeared. Its rediscovery is due to the spiritual activity that is again reviving the wisdom religion taught by Pythagoras and his earnest followers, and now once again we hope to see the star of stars slowly rising to again shine in all the splendour of its beneficent glory.<br><br>Bérosus, the Chaldean priest, to whom a statue with a gilt tongue was erected at Athens, translated the Illumination of Bel, an early Babylonian work, and introduced Astrology into Greece. The Greeks held the old traditions for a time, but it became more an art than a science with them, and had so far waned that little trace of the original Astrology can be found, and it was left to the Romans to finally destroy the little life that was left in it as an exoteric study.

Astrology Its Technics and Ethics is a comprehensive guide to the world of astrology written by Dutch astrologer and author, C. Aq. Libra. This book was crafted for the sole purpose of introducing the ideology and practice of astrology to the general public, and encouraging it's practice. With that mission in mind, this book has become widely known and has been translated into a variety of other languages to make it accessible to people across the world. This book also approaches astrology from a very basic standpoint, and presents concepts to readers in a way that makes them easily understandable no matter how limited the reader's previous experience in astrology may be, making it the perfect text for a beginner in the field. While astrology was once an accepted science, it has since been discredited and is today utilized primarily as a form of entertainment rather than a system of understanding and forecasting the events of the universe. In the introduction to the book, Libra addresses the history of astrology being discredited and that the reader can now use astrology as an educational tool, as opposed to a scientific one. He then explores the legacy of astrology including well-known men who have studied and taught astrology to willing students. After laying the groundwork for the discussion of astrology as a whole, Libra explores a variety of specific topics in astrology including: phases of the planets, strong and weak natures, fate and free-will, horoscopes, signs of the zodiac, ascendant and rising signs, karma and reincarnation, and the state of the cosmos. Astrology Its Technics and Ethics is a great beginners guide to astrology written by Dutch author and astrologer C. Aq. Libra. This book is engaging and entertaining while also providing a considerable amount of information all in one place. This book is a wonderful resource for readers researching the history and practices of astrology as well as readers with a personal interest in the topic.

There is probably not one subject which is so ill understood, which so many people pretend to know, and on which so many are prepared to express an opinion, as the subject of Astrology. The Indian proverb truly says that there is no man who is not a bit of a physician and an astrologer; and it is equally true that there is no subject which is so ill understood as these two. The fact is that the broad medical and astrological principles are so many that everybody of necessity learns a few of these, but experiences a difficulty in mastering all of them.<br><br>It would be interesting to note the various subjects with which astrology is confounded. Persons with well-developed intuitions are often found to make correct predictions of events. The Yogis are persons of this description. Their peculiar knowledge is certainly not the result of any study of astrological works. We also find another class of men who imitate these men and also make striking statements. Birmingham gold is often taken for sterling gold; German silver for pure silver; and we have a variety of inferior stones, white, red and green that are often mistaken for diamonds, rubies and emeralds. The world is full of this dual character of things. Every department of true knowledge has its inferior counterpart; and so we have a number of men who, possessing no occult powers, but securing tho help of a few elemental spirits, practise imposition on the ignorant public.

To the Spirit of Motherhood abroad in the world, the Spirit of Purify and Power, which should illuminate the soul and warm the heart of every true man as well as true woman, and which alone can save the Race, this volume is loyally dedicated.

Astrology in a Nutshell is a wonderful guide to the interesting world of astrology and horoscopes written by Carl Webber. For readers not familiar with astrology, it is a system of divination based on the relationship between human lives and astronomical phenomenon. Some readers might be aware, instead, of horoscopes which assign unique qualities to individuals born under specific signs. Horoscopes also claim to predict future events in the lives of individuals based on astronomical phenomenon. This book offers a wealth of information on astrology for individuals interested in both the history of astrology and the divination practices as they developed through the ages. Beginning in the second millennium BCE, astrology originated as a calendar system which was used to predict the changes and conditions of the seasons. Astrology was also used at an early age to interpret celestial cycles which many learned scholars believed to be signs of divine communications. While originally touted as a scientific system for the evaluation of life and natural phenomenon, as science advanced, astrology lost its academic standing, and now is perceived primarily as entertainment more so than as a technically scientific approach to forecasting. Astrology in a Nutshell is a comprehensive and entertaining book about the history and art of astrology written by Carl Webber. This book is an interesting read for individuals interested in astrology, astronomy, divination, spirituality, and the history of astrology. This book also provides a lot of entertainment value for readers interested in exploring the art of utilizing astrology as a way to understand themselves, the people in their life and the world around them.

There is a side of the Moon which we never see, but that hidden half is as potent a factor in causing the ebb and flow of the earths tide, as the part of the Moon which is visible. Similarly, there is an invisible part of man which exerts a powerful influence in life, and as the tides are measured by the motion of the Sun and Moon, so also the eventualities of existence are measured by the circling stars, which may therefore be called the "Clock of Destiny," and knowledge of their import is an immense power, for to the competent astrologer the horoscope reveals every secret of life.<br><br>Thus, when you have given an astrologer the data of your birth, you have given him the key to your innermost soul, and there is no secret that he may not ferret out. This knowledge may be used for good or ill, to help or hurt, according to the nature of the man. Only a tried friend should be trusted with this key to your soul, and it should never be given to any one base enough to prostitute a spiritual science for material gain.

For six shillings and six pence, Victorians could peruse The Astrologer's Magazine, Vol. 5, a periodical solely dedicated to astral science. You are unlikely to find this magazine in libraries or archives because it was not considered a proper science. This is another example of the extremely valuable role played by Forgotten Books, because you can only find something like this online. The Astrologer's Magazine was the first periodical devoted only to astrological science. This volume collects several of the first issues. It begins with an article charting the stars of Prince Edward VIII, who was born on June 23, 1894. The young Prince, later King and then Duke of Windsor, was the great-grandson of still-reigning Queen Victoria. History buffs will love the prognostications for the Prince, which include the prediction that "the chief planets of the fixed signs show little or no control over the impulses, which are strong, due to Mars being in square to the Sun." Call it the Sun - or Wallis Simpson - but on this point the stars were correct: Edward abdicated the throne because of his uncontrollable love for the American divorcee. An essay by Alan Leo presents case studies of failed marriages. Leo was the founder of modern astrology, the founder of The Astrologer's Magazine, Vol. 5, and a great proselytizer for the art and science of the heavens. Leo is more responsible for the 20th Century's astrological revival than any other practitioner. This issue also marked the debut of "Alan's Page," which was devoted to Leo's wisdom. One of Leo's goals was to reintroduce astrology to the masses. This is illustrated by a fascinating piece about palmistry which explains the practice to both astrologers and the public. Likewise, the many letters to the editor are from both laypersons and astrologists, which gives varying perspectives for the reader to consider. There are many notes throughout the volume that relate to current events, even those involving nations, and the way they were said to be influenced by the stars. With the modern focus on horoscopes, this is a forgotten aspect of astrology. With its emphasis on history, personal relationships, The Astrologer's Magazine, Vol. 5 can be an absorbing read. The Astrologer's Magazine, Vol. 5 will please readers who are interested in the astral sciences, those who are experienced astrology as well people who are just interested in browsing through something new.

The Soul's Outlook.<br><br>Dedicated to the Author by Leila S. Frost.<br><br>Upward toward Heaven's silent starry splendor<br>The soul looks through life's bars,<br>Intent as though some secret sweet and tender<br>Were hidden by the stars.<br>Will ye reveal the secrets of your glory<br>To seer or to sage?<br>Ye who have mused in silence o'er Earth's story<br>And read Life's tear-stained page?<br><br>Ye told man of Our Saviour's birth, most holy:<br>'Twas Heaven's brightest star<br>That flashed the signal-light to shepherds lowly,<br>And spread Love's message far.<br>Is there no sign for us in all thy shining,<br>No lesser light of love.<br>To teach us to look up midst our repining,<br>And raise the soul above?<br><br>Onward ye move in state from hour to hour,<br>We follow too at the same God's command.<br>Is there a mortal of us who hath power<br>To loose one glittering hand?<br>Yet may be read in starry scrolls of splendor<br>Man's destiny - his works, done and undone:<br>Fate's menaces - Love's promise, true and tender,<br>Life's lessons and their rich rewards unwon.<br><br>Tracing these out amid their starlit courses<br>I see a slight form stand;<br>It scatters wisdom from those high, pure sources<br>That woman's slender hand!

The Astrologer's Magazine, 1894 Vol. 4 is a great resource for readers interested in an historic glimpse of astrology musings, practices, ideology and teachings. This publication is part of a larger series, and provides a range of articles for the reader to choose from. Any individual who reads and enjoys this volume, will most likely enjoy all of the volumes in this same series as they highlight the same issues and offer a similar tone and style of entertainment for the reader. This book covers astrological topics such as the influence of astrology on science over time, astrology and medicine, criticisms of astrology, and astrological societies. The text also gives some specifics on astrology including articles on the zodiac, horoscopes, and the cosmos. In addition, the book explores astrology across the globe in articles on Hindu astrology, foreign horoscopes, and the Bombay astrological society. This volume even explores those aspects of astrology that are used to tell fortunes via articles on Nostradamus and other predictions by ancient astrologers. With fascinating articles, in-depth historical analysis, and compelling personal anecdotes and experiences, this book provides a wellspring of information for readers that are interested in further reading on the subject of astrology. The Astrologer's Magazine, 1894 Vol. 4 is an informative and engaging reference for readers interested in the history and practice of astrology across the globe. This book promises to be entertaining and educational for individuals with a keen interest in horoscopes, the zodiac, or other astrological topics. The text is very approachable and is a great read for students of astrology, historians, and individuals who have a penchant for fortune telling.

After a lapse of 205 years since the first publication, in 1647, of Lilly's Introduction to Astrology, there would be no necessity for an apology for its re-appearance, were it not for the prevailing fashion of the day, which is to rail at and vituperate that science, and all who dare to say a word, not in its favour, but in favour of examining into its merits, with a view to ascertain what were the grounds on which our honest ancestors believed, and strictly followed, that which we conceive only fit for ridicule.

This volume originally appeared in two volumes, as "The Guide to Astrology, Vols. I. and II.," and were sold separately. They have now been rewritten, revised, and made into one volume, complete in itself, so far as the Astrological part of a Nativity is concerned. Information, not previously published by myself, on "Birthday Figures" and "Transits" is given, which the reader will find useful and reliable to a very large extent.<br><br>The most unsatisfactory part of Astrology is that dealing with "Directions," or the "Calculation of Future Events." At present there is no system known that will give reliable results, but the method taught in this volume will be found to be more accurate than any other known system, yet even here there appears to be something lacking, some "missing link" which would explain why some directions fall out exactly and like a thunderclap, and others pass without any appreciable event. Why this is, no one can tell. Perhaps it is a wise provision of Providence that it is so, on account of the fear and dread of misfortune which seem inherent in the human heart. To know that certain death or misfortune awaited one at a certain time, would drive to madness or suicide a very large majority of the inhabitants of this earth; and in this way "True Astrology" would be a terrible scourge, compared with which, the bloodiest wars, or the greatest natural catastrophes would be as nought.<br><br>All through the book I have done my best to make everything as simple and plain as possible, so that the youngest student, or most illiterate person can readily understand.

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Were You Born Under a Lucky Star?A Complete Exposition of the Science of Astrology; Adapted from the Four Books of Ptolemy, the Astronomer, on the Art of Reading the Stars

by A. Alpheus

So many eminent men, eminent both in science and literature, have been secretly interested in astrology of late years, that we may not unreasonably expect before long a public movement toward a scientific investigation of the observed facts in connection with it. And then we may hope that the ordinary man will not burst into peals of laughter at the very mention of the word "astrology" as he does today.<br><br>There are several elements which militate against the serious study of astrology. The first and greatest is the almost utter lack in this day of anything approaching a scientific knowledge of mind and emotion. Astrology presumes to point out how mind and emotion are molded. But we must understand mind before we can reasonably go on to an investigation of the causes which made it so. What do the scientists know of love, the most powerful of human emotions! How very small is our knowledge of the natural processes of human observation and deduction! What little we do know, came down to us chiefly from the Greeks.

Numerous pamphlets in English on Hindu Astrology, having appeared of late, the publication of this Edition seems to be a superfluity and calls for a word of explanation.<br><br>Almost all the works extant treating about Astrology are, more or less, verbatim translations of the original sanskrit works. The student is asked simply to note down the methods of calculation without any explanations as to what the various figures in the calculations represent. Instances are not a few in which an Astrologer has been able to prepare calendars for a series of years by merely working out the formulæ without himself knowing the meaning of an intercalary month. One of the benificial results of the advance of education has been, as one of the eminent civilians presiding at a prize distribution in a college lately said, to make men inquisitive in its best sense. English students of Astrology often come in contact with technical words and methods of calculation even when they take up the most elementary books on Astrology so much so that an elementary knowledge of the arrangement of the heavenly bodies and Astronomy is absolutely essential.<br><br>Various students of Vedanta have also found, that in the study of the creation of the world and other matters connected with the Hindu ceremonies a knowledge of Astrology and Astronomy is necessary.

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers When knaves and fools combind oer all prevail, J1When justice halts, and right begins to fail; j Een then the boldest start from public sneers, jAfraid of shame, unknown to other fears, More darkly sin, by satire kept in awe, 5? And shrink from ridicule, though not from law.2 The time has been when no harsh sound would fall, From lips that now may seem inbued with gall; gj Nor fools nor follies tempt me to despise The meanest thing that crawl dbeneath my eyes; But now so callous grown, so chang dsince youth, z Ive learn dto think, and sternly speak the truth; jil Learn dto deride the critics starch decree, And break him on the wheel he meant for me; To spurn the rod a scribbler bids me kiss, Nor care if courts and crowds applaud or hiss; Nay more, though all fiy rival rhymsters frown, I too can hunt a poetaster down, And, arm din proof, the gauntlet cast at once. Lord Byron.

The spiritual, mental and physical condition of every individual represents the resultant of the forces of environment acting upon the initial entity or Ego, and in the formation of this composite product the agencies of environment play no unimportant part. Any attempt to analyze the factors of environment will show that the sensible or apparent manifestations are secondary results of other secondary causes, but when the great Primary Cause, Planetary and Stellar Influence, is apprehended and realized the problem becomes more simple, compelling acceptance by the overwhelming and inexorable power of truth.<br><br>The pages of this volume are devoted to the elucidation of these influences so far as they relate to the health and well-being of the individual or the reverse, and this study can only result in bringing man to a better understanding of himself. With the general acceptance of the axiom that man is a microcosm of the universe, interrelated and largely the result of the great primary forces of Nature, will come to each individual a realization of the importance and necessity of a more thorough understanding of the laws governing his physical being in order that he may enjoy the blessings of health, and thereby be able to fulfill the highest purposes of life. That the thoughtful study of this volume will assist in promoting the consummation of this purpose is the sincere conviction of the compiler.

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Astrology in MedicineThe Fitzpatrick Lectures Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians on November 6 and 11, 1913 With Addendum on Saints and Signs

by Charles Arthur Mercier

The position of Astrology among the Sciences is quite unique. Its origin is so remote as to antecede all written records: it has formed an important part of the life of every nation that has advanced beyond barbarism: it has been studied with enthusiasm not only by every European nation, but also by the Egyptians, the natives of India, the Chinese, the Arabs, the Jews, and by the Babylonians and the Chaldeans. It was studied in one long unbroken effort for thousands of years, and engaged the most strenuous endeavours of some of the greatest intellects in every age. Albertus Magnus was a convinced astrologer, and even Roger Bacon, that very great man, projected a universal medicine founded upon Astrology. A knowledge of Astrology was a necessary part of the equipment of all educated men; and Astrological terms form to this day an integral part of every European language.

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The Message of the StarsAn Esoteric Exposition of Medical and Natal Astrology Explaining the Arts of Prediction and Diagnosis of Disease

by Max Heindel

It is a matter of common knowledge among mystics that the evolutionary career of mankind is indissolubly bound up with the divine hierarchies who rule the planets and the signs of the Zodiac, and that the passage of the Sun and the planets through the twelve signs of the Zodiac, marks man's progress in time and in space. Therefore it is not to be wondered at, that in the course of their investigations into the spiritual development of mankind, the writers have also encountered much that deals with the Zodiac which is the boundary of our evolutionary sphere at the present time. So much has been perceived in the memory of nature that sheds light upon obscure passages of the Bible, and notes have been made from time to time of different points, but how to collect and collate these dissociated writings into a united whole, has been a great problem for a long time. Even now, the writers know and feel that what they have to bring forth is only a very, very weak attempt to set before the students that great body of facts which have come to them through the memory of nature.

The second book of the Astronomica is at once the longest and the most difficult. In this book Manilius passes from the popular astronomy with which he is occupied in Book I to the proper business of the maithematicus - to an astrology based on geometrical and arithmetical calculations. He passes, that is, from a subject moderately diverting to one difficult and repellent. Many students of Latin poetry make their way through the first book. A moderate scholar can understand it, and it has recently been well edited. But few, probably, of those who read the first achieve also the second book. The 'signorum lucentes undique flammae', the aa-rpcuv ofiriyvpis - all that is picturesque and inviting. But when we come on to triangles, quadrangles, hexagons, dodecatemories, and the dodecatemories of dodecatemories - then our faith in a Providence which has made the beautiful so hard begins to fail us. And not only is the second book hard, but the commentaries upon it are hard too. No one commentary suffices; and even when he has all the commentaries before him, the student will still be in want of a means of approach to them - for none of them furnishes a real Introduction to Manilius. Some of them, indeed, are often not very honestly put together. Even Scaliger, with his encyclopaedic learning, is not above dissembling in a base silence his occasional ignorance - though mostly he is unwilling rather than unable to help the mere beginner: for he is a great man writing for his peers. Du Fay, who alone of editors sets out to simplify Manilius, brought to some capacity for teaching not only a loose conscience but a very limited knowledge and a faulty scholarship.

It was my good fortune to know Alan Leo for very many years, to me he was first of all a devoted student of the Divine Wisdom, that Wisdom which has come down to us through a succession of Sages, forming in all a golden thread interwoven in the cord of human evolution, an unbroken thread on which are strung the religions of the world living and dead. To that Divine Wisdom, reproclaimed in our own days under its old Greek name Theosophia, Theosophy, he was ever absolutely loyal, unwaveringly brave in its defence, ever eager to learn, willing to teach.

As is usual in writings of its epoch, its style is diffuse and verbose, even to wearisomeness; but these defects are superficial merely, and the reader will be well repaid by its perusal. ProbaUy, the author set out with the intention of constructing a larger and fuller treatise than that which he actually accomplished, for his programme certainly includes a description and definition of the province of each of the seven astral Rulers in turn; but the only one actually treated of is Saturn, the first and outermost of the senes. Doubtless he would have us apply to all the other six the method of exposition adoptea in his concluding chapter, and would insist on the theologization of all the endowments and faculties Dertaining to the influence alike of Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Luna, and Sol.

For thousands of years the Hindu Astrologers have by their knowledge of the solar system been enabled to formulate a system of Astrology which enables them to speak with scientific authority and certainty with respect to the planetary influences upon mankind.<br><br>Each person is born in or under one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac and is thus influenced more or less throughout life by the planetary conditions at time of birth.<br><br>In this work I propose to state the natural tendencies of each person and in a certain way indicate what they should do and what they should not do to make their life a success.

"There is no new thing under the sun," but to many the oldest idea is a new idea, therefore:<br><br>Open wide your mind's windows - ventilate as you would your sleeping room and your shop or office. Let out the stagnant ideas that clog the mind; let in the breeze, the fresh sun and salt laden air from the universal mind-sea, the young, healthy, strong, fearless, free thought, vibrant with conscious cosmic intelligence.

Capricorn knew that he was in love with the bright and beautiful Libra. Capricorn usually knew his own mind, and rarely swerved from his first impressions. He first met Libra at a party, where in half mourning for her father - a costume which was her abhorrence - she was gayly waltzing with the handsomest and probably the fastest man in the room. When the dance was over, and the fair, tall girl stood chatting with a group of admirers, Capricorn, fine-looking, perfectly attired, grave but smiling, was presented to the object of his admiration.